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						Holy Family Parish
						 
						
						 316 S. Logan 
						St.          217-732-4019 
						Pastor:   Rev. Jeffrey G. 
						Laible 
						Assistant:   
			
			
						Rev. John Huy Pham 
						Liturgy schedule:   5PM 
						Saturday   8AM & 10AM Sunday Website: 
						
						
						www.holyfamilylincoln.com E-mail:
						
						
						
						info@holyfamilylincoln.com 
						
						
							
							
							
							
							
							Jefferson Street
            Christian Church  
							
							
							 1700 
						N. Jefferson St.          217-732-9294 
							Preaching minister:   
						Dustin Fulton Worship: 
							   
						9AM & 10:45AM Sunday Midweek activities: 
							 
						"Truth North": 6PM Wed. 
							Website: 
							
							www.jeffstreet.org 
							
							E-mail:
							dustinf@jeffstreet.org 
						 
						 
						
						Lincoln
            Christian Church  
						Independent 
						Christian Church 
						
						
						 204
            N. McLean St.          217-732-7618 
						Preaching minister:   Ron 
						Otto Worship:    
						8:15, 9:30, 11AM & 
						6PM   Sunday Midweek activities: 
						
						(Beginning Sept. 12)  
						Adult, Youth & Kids' Club: 
  6:30PM 
						Wed. Website: 
						www.lincolnchristianchurch.org  
						 
						
						Prairieland Christian Church
						 
					
						 P.O. 
    Box 108, 1st St. Hartsburg, IL 62643          217-642-0415 
						Minister:  Vance Russell 
						Sunday School:
             9:30AM Worship: 10:30AM 
						
						
						Lincoln Church of God
						 
						
						 1415 
						Fourth St.          217-732-8989 
						Pastor:   Jacob Skelton 
						Sunday School:
             9:30AM Morning Worship:   10:45AM 
						Evening Service: 6PM Wednesday Family Hour: 
						  7PM 
						Website: 
						
						www.lincolnchurchofgod.com  
						
						
						Trinity
            Episcopal 
						Church 
						
	
						 402 Pekin St.,
            Lincoln          217-732-7609 
						Pastor:  James Cravens Worship:    7:30 & 9:45AM Sunday  9:00AM Wednesday 
						
						
						Kingdom
            Life Ministries 
						
						
						 2500 Woodlawn Road          217-732-1466 
						Pastor: Joe Bennett Worship:    10AM & 6:30PM Sunday 
						 
						
						Lincoln
    Bible Church 
						
					
						 2316 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln        
						 
    217-735-5959 Pastor:  Ron Denlinger  
						Worship: 10AM Sunday Sunday School: 9AM
    					 
						Website: 
						www.lincolnbiblechurch.org 
						
						
						Good
    Shepherd Lutheran Church 
						Association
    of Free Lutheran Congregations 
						
	
						 1140 N. State St., Lincoln          217-735-9320 
						Worship: 9AM Sunday 
						E-mail: 
						gslc@ccaonline.com 
						 
						
						Immanuel
    Lutheran Church  
						ELCA 
						
						
						 1409 Pulaski St., Lincoln          217-732-6777 
						Pastor: Andrew Nyren Worship: 9AM Sunday 
						Sunday School: 10:15AM Praise Service:  5PM Saturday 
						Website: 
						http://www.immanuellincoln.org 
						E-mail: 
						immanuel_lincoln@verizon.net 
						
						
						Open Arms 
						Christian Fellowship 
						
						
						 311 
						Broadway St., Lincoln 
						Pastors: Larry Crawford, 
						309-830-0461 
						Kevin Wolf, 
						309-838-8564 Worship: 
						10AM Sunday 
						Home Group: 
						Various dates and locations 
						(please call for 
						more information) 
						Website: 
						
						http://comebackministries.com 
						E-mail: 
						
						
						
						comeback7@msn.com 
						
  
						
						
						Chestnut
  United Methodist Church 313 N. 
						Logan
						St.              
						Chestnut          217-796-3532 
						 
						
						First
  United Methodist Church 
	
	 302 Broadway St.,  Lincoln          217-732-2204 
						Pastor: Jame Hahs 
						Asst. Pastor: Becky 
						Barrow 
						Worship:    9AM Sunday 
						Sunday School:
						10:15AM Website: 
						
						
						www.gbgm-umc.org/ lincoln1stumc/index.html 
						 
						
						First
  United Methodist Church 
						303 E Jefferson,               
						Mt. Pulaski          217-792-3918 
						 
						
						Latham
  United Methodist Church 
						241 N. Walnut St.             
						PO Box 246               
						Latham          217-674-3749 
						 
						
						New 
						Holland
  United Methodist Church 
						201 N. Mason St.,  New Holland          217-445-2485 
						
						
						  
						
						ST. 
						JOHN UNITED CHURCH of Christ 
						
  						
						 Seventh 
						and Maple Street, 
						
						Lincoln 
						
						          
						217-732-6957 
						
						Pastor: Rich Reinwald 
						
						Worship:  
						
						10:30AM Sunday 
						
						Sunday School: 
						
						9-10:15AM 
						
						E-mail: 
						
						
						stjohnucclincoln 
						
						
						
						
						@yahoo.com 
						  
						
						
						First
  						Presbyterian Church 
  						
						 301 
						Pekin St.,  Lincoln          217-732-6141 
						Pastor: Rev. Phillip Blackburn 
						Worship:    10AM Sunday 
						Celebration:
						6PM Wed. 
						 
						Website:
						www.preslincoln.org 
						E-mail: 
						office@preslincoln.org 
						 
						
						
						First Cumberland Presbyterian Church 
						
	 110 Broadway St.,  Lincoln          
						217-732-7568 
						Pastor: Dr. David West 
						Cell phone: 871-9940 
						Worship:    10:00 AM Sunday 
						Sunday School:
						9:00AM   
						
							
								
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				Vacation Bible School 
				Updates! 
			
			
				If your church is hosting a Vacation Bible 
				School, please send information to the Spiritual Life Editor at
				jhilliard@lincolndailynews.com .  We will have a special section listing the area VBS’s for 
				the summer.  We look forward to receiving your information!  
				(Please include dates and times, location, theme, registration 
				instructions (if any), and contact information for further 
				questions.) 
			
			
				Zion Lutheran Church, Mt. Pulaski  
				July 20 - 24, 9 - 11:30 a.m. Zion Lutheran 
				Church, Mt. Pulaski, invites children to enter G.A.D.G.E.T.’s 
				Garage and discover that God’s Always Doing Great, Exciting 
				Things where  
				we can witness the wonder and workmanship of Jesus, our Savior, 
				through five incredible Bible stories. 
				 
				Gadget’s Garage is for children ages 3 through those entering 
				sixth grade. It takes place at Zion Lutheran Church, 203 S. Vine 
				St., Mt. Pulaski, IL on July 20-24, 2009 from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. 
				Call 217-792-5715 or 217-792-5965 for more information or to 
				register your child. 
			
				Cornland Christian Church 
				Have some VBS fun in the Wildwood Forest where you will discover 
				the untamed nature of God!  
				 
			
			
				Starting Sunday, July 12, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
				United Methodist Church of Mt. Pulaski 
				Come enjoy VBS on the Edge! Developing an extreme relationship 
				with Christ 
				August 3 – 7, 6 – 8 p.m. 
				(A meal will be served at 5:30 for the children who wish to 
				come.) 
			
				July 12-16 from 6:00pm-8:30pm. St. 
				John’s Church-- “Rome: Paul and the Underground Church.”  
				 
				Strap on your sandals for fun, adventure and God’s Love in 
				Rome. Join us each day as we visit Paul and his underground 
				church, participate in apprenticeship games, and visit the shops 
				in the bible-time marketplace.  
				This community bible school is sponsored by St. John’s Church, 
				1st United Methodist, 1st Baptist, 1st Presbyterian and 
				Cumberland-Presbyterian. Opening and closing ceremonies will be 
				at St John’s with Paul’s Underground Church and marketplace 
				being located on the Jr. High ball field. 
				Registration is open for kids entering pre-school to 5th grade. 
				For more information, please call FUMC at 732-2204.   
				July 12-17 
				from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Lincoln Christian Church "Studio GO! Game 
				Show"
				  
				Excitement and teamwork will be a part of each day as 
				kids enter a studio geared for challenges and fun!  
				Kids will meet fun celebrity characters who will teach them how 
				God works in the lives of those who trust Him. The challenges 
				will help kids: GO Lead! GO Risk! GO Tell! GO Obey! GO Serve! 
				Friday, July 17 will be “Game Show Night”. Make sure to register 
				your child and their friends, ages 4 years by Sept. 1 thru 
				students completing 4th grade, soon!  
				For more information call, children’s minister, Marcia Wells at 
				the church, 732-7618.  
			 
			
			 
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			Nourishment 
  
			
			It is the only miracle story to appear in 
			all 4 Gospels. It is the one story almost everyone knows outside of 
			the birth story and the crucifixion. It is the feeding of the five 
			thousand. So, what's the big deal? Why all the repeat this 
			particular story so many times? Well, I think there is a simple 
			reason for that. In this story we find the richness and depth of who 
			Jesus is. We see the compassion, the power, the love. We find a 
			powerful metaphor for Holy Communion 
			  
			
			
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					The Living Water 
			  
			
			These days most of us probably spend a lot 
			of time thinking about what we don't have. Most of us have less 
			money than we did 18 months ago. Most of us are older than we'd like 
			to be. Most of us have lost someone that we wish we could have back. 
			Most of us don't have the car or television or house we want. Most 
			of us look around our lives and we see what is absent. And that is 
			because our lives are filled with things that are finite, that have 
			limits. Not to bring you down, but someday, everything we have will 
			be gone.  
			  
			
			
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					Miracles 
			  
			"Now 
			standing there were six stone waters jars for the Jewish rites of 
			purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to 
			them, 'Fill the jars with water.' And they filled them up to the 
			brim. He said to them, 'Now draw some out, and take it to the chief 
			steward.' So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that 
			had become wine...he said, 'everyone serves the good wine first and 
			the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have 
			kept the good wine until now.'"-John 2: 6-10 
			  
			
			
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					Local Women Attend LWML Convention 
			  
			
            
             The 64th Annual Central Illinois 
			District-Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (CID-LWML) convention was held on June 6, 2009, in 
			Springfield IL. The theme of the convention was “A Crown of Life,” 
			based on Revelation 2:10. Local women attending the convention were 
			Elaine Ray, Edith Keller, and Linda Huelskoetter, all of Lincoln. 
  
			
			
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					The Gift of Faith 
  
			
			Have you heard these words before? They 
			are both very familiar and very controversial. In this passage Jesus 
			is trying to explain his ministry to one of the religious leaders, a 
			man named Nicodemus, who has come to see him under the cover of 
			darkness 
			  
			
			
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					The Holy Spirit 
			  
			
			The work of the Holy Spirit is and always 
			has been mysterious. No one really understands it and no one can 
			predict its movements in the world. Yet despite this lack of 
			understanding the Spirit remains at the core of the Christian life 
			because it is our tangible connection to God.  
			  
			
			
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					"Love is too Familiar a Word" 
			  
			
			There is a poem entitled, "Love is too Familiar a Word" and when I 
			approach passages like this it often pops into my head. Over and 
			over again we hear two things as Christians; God loves us and we 
			should love other people. We hear these words so often, and we are 
			told of God's love so frequently, that the saying becomes too 
			familiar. The word "love" loses its power and becomes a cliche with 
			little weight or influence in our lives. And when this happens it is 
			tragic.  
			  
			
			
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